More flooding rain in LA as South braces for tornadoes
Written by ABC AUDIO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED on March 1, 2023
(NEW YORK) — More heavy, flooding rain is slamming hard-hit Southern California as the South braces for tornadoes.
In Los Angeles, where residents are still recovering from this weekend’s massive rainfall, a new flood advisory was issued Wednesday morning. Mudslides and rockslides are possible.
Meanwhile, this Southwest storm is bringing blizzard conditions to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
In Soda Springs, California, up to 109 inches of snow fell over the last week. Nearly half of that snow fell in the last 48 hours.
Yosemite National Park is buried under 15 feet of snow and is closed indefinitely.
Even Tucson, Arizona, is under a winter weather advisory. Tucson residents could get the same amount of snow that New York City saw on Tuesday.
This storm then will move into the Heartland, bringing a major severe weather outbreak on Thursday and Friday.
First, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes are possible from Dallas to Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday.
Then comes the major threat on Thursday when strong tornadoes are possible and winds could top 70 mph. Cities in the bull’s-eye on Thursday are Dallas, Little Rock, Arkansas and Shreveport, Louisiana, but the severe storms could extend to Mississippi and Tennessee.
This severe weather moves into the southeast and the Carolinas on Friday, with damaging winds and possible tornadoes. Cities in the path on Friday include Atlanta; Birmingham, Alabama; Charleston, South Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee.
The threat of heavy rain has also prompted flood watches in Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
And to the north, that same storm system will drop heavy snow and ice on the Midwest and New England on Friday.
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